Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-11-22


"Yoa mus, have many reollec,ions OF
earlier svsais connected with our local
history which would be Of interest 20 the
readers Of the DK~ocRAr." said . repre-
sentative Of tkis paper the Major Laeius
I.criBg. OF B1ekh-le. . few days since.
"wsll. I doa't knos no. interesting
they nigh, b." replied the Major. 81
remember ,hlqgs that occurred slsiy.
seventy. OF Eighty years ago better than
I DO ,Aings which happened within =
year. Sometimes | forge, these more
recent evea,s. and % foe the past fifteen
year. I have kept . Journal or msmor.n-
DUN.
III the question !. not considered an
impoliis oas. ~ill you tell the DrSocRlr
hos Old yoa are Msjorr
"Csr,sialy." "a, III. genial old gsa-
tlsmAn's rsPly.--tor be Is proud Of the
mAny yssr. II hOoe-'y aud uptish,ness
whish have ehane,.riSsd long life Of
Integrity and ~oa host u friends fof
him al through this section.
IL .hsll be niniy year. old II live
until the 9Th day Of December 80
You zee ihi. /, my nine,ie,h Sammsr and
Fsll aad have seen niniy lndspeadsnes
Day."
"Yoa have lived Ia Baskhsld large
potion o, that time. have you att
II h.y, h,rd in Baekfsld sishiy.,hr'e
Year. last M,rsh. Ny father. Odd
SQsife Lo,ins s he wr called t,f
may years. ~ss born up on the Goa
nseiisg: River. in the iosh OF Hs'h'lt,
Mas. Wasn b. ~ss twelve years oil
be vent 20 Biisews,sr. His father.
my sfA.e.f.iksi) died ~hsn b. a.
four year. Old and he ~rat tn live With
an Urcl-. When tsslve be ven, to
Bri4gs~a,sr. he found friends there
and ven, 10 school and .hsrssrds KIP,
school he married my mother there.
She sAs Darrell. The late Pascal
B.rrell. Of harif,rd. ~s. her bfo'tsr.
Father cane from Briisessief to Torast
sbog, tin'y .,trrs years sgo. ! rrnsm
bir by the axe Of my oldest sister. 'hs
late Mrs Janss Jewe,t. ~ko would have
bsea nite'J to- last Ssp'smser had sAs
lived. Sac 49, bora the year after
f.,hsr moved 20 Tufnsf. ! Was born IN
Turner. in N, Coaniy q oxford. sni
STATE q MlssacAasssifi. and came 20
Bask6sli. ~hsn wss about seven years
old Ny f.'ksr helped settle the hr.'
minister in Turner. OF Parsos Siiiekl,ni,
Iremsmbsr hin veil. Zoe ~ss old enough
TO 70 20 meeting considerably before -.
moved a-sy from ,herr. Tie vote =
sr,ai White 80 snd and three eofn't'
si hat
The minister. received snsilsr ssls.
ne, IN those day. than they do nov ?
Suggested the DENocEAT
II dat mos how much salary Par
son Suickl.nd had. bat remember thai
b. -,s sivea two lots u land TO ss,ils
there. They ~sre Up near where North
Turner village i nov and ~sfe covered
9TH aiec pine timber and Only two miles
from the Andr0scossia River. vt. after
holiing the l1's for some time. be s'ld
one y! them 70 sam 'P.llsy fCr ,hre
dollar, and the other 20 Capt. A!lea. Of
~seds. Zoe ,en dollar, Those ate both
farms nov.
My father cane 20 Bask6sld ~hsn !
"a, 'svsn year, Old AID baili little
store ~, above where the Randolph
Thoms. store stands nov. Father cat
s~sy The Aldsrs and bail, . store 25n
IS fesi. ard that Vas The only building
Ga TIA, side Of The bridge a. that time
sHesp, the GA Cap, PAM. sand
Where The street. are nov, on that side
% the bridge ~as al a. alder swamp.
Logs ~erc lain in thick. IN the mud. 70
make rosd from the end q The bridge
hear where RAssOn's drug store noe -.
70 The 10, Of the bill. since known icr
May year, q. L,Siag's Hal l suppose
the bill took its name from ny father. a.
IL bad no name 70 my knosledse vhsn
Ne came here. The basiness was all on
the other ..ds u the river then and
people laughed ~ father fOf bailding .
store where b. did. and sAi1 be never
would have . customer over there.
OlA Squire Records o~ped about I'll
the l.rd around Baekhsh village s,tha'
time and O.nei the mills. the saw nit
and gris;-mill. lie was one 81 The pro-
pTistors Of The io-n.
The frsi grsi. mill ev,t llis 10 Back.
Geld ~ss bull, by = man nansd Chandler
and !, stood down where the sss.mill Is
now. My father used 10 run . mil
here Cor the manufacture ~ csFis. In
those day. every woman bad 20 hsv'
cotton cards 1nd WOOL cards and ios
cards Father made the wooden backs
TO these card. and they were sent IL
Boston AID teeth put IN by hand.
have packed UP thousand. Of them ~her
l w.. = boy. We used 10 haul them 10
North Yarmouth and pa, them aboard
the packet for Bosion.
Price. wsre low in those time. Tbsu
and Coz long after that h-;.el.s. help,
the very b,s, Of help. could Be hired foi
fifty cent. day and dinner. IL Coz, u
dollar a hasdtd to ~; good. hou
Portland and IL va. hard business a.
The ,samsr q, ihH price. You could
buy good team horse fOr fifty dollars
thea.
"You must Be- one Of the oliss, lisins
native. Of the tom Of Turner. Major.
remarked the DtsOcRAr.
EYES. q, the time they held the Turn.
sr Centennial they came up TO see ms
snd seemed verv .nxioa. for me 20 attend.